Director of EHS Assurance and Risk

Position summary:

The DirectorEHS -AssuranceandRiskis responsible forproviding independent enterprise-wide oversight of Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) performance acrossStryker. This role ensures robust assurance systems transparent reporting and effective risk management practices.

This leader drives the global EHS assurance strategy across manufacturing commercial and distribution operations ensuring complianceidentifyingsystemic risks and strengthening a culture of accountability and continuous improvement.

Essential duties & responsibilities:

Global EHS Assurance & Audit

• Lead the design and execution of the global EHS assurance and audit program

• Maintain and schedule self-assessments of internal standards: Oversee internal EHS audits and assurance audits across all regions and business units

• Ensure audits assess both regulatory compliance and management system effectiveness

• Support and drive additional sites to ISO 14001/45001 certification: Drive standardization of audit methodologies tools and auditor capability

• Responsible forinspectingmultiple sites as the lead auditor of internal EHS standards

Compliance & Verification

• Schedule Compliance audits: Establish processes for ongoing compliance verification with global regional and local EHS regulations

• Strong understanding ofglobalEHSregulationsandmaintainexternal regulations website with vendor

• Identifycompliance gaps and ensuretimelyescalation and resolution

• Partner with regional/site EHS leaders to strengthen complianceframeworks

Enterprise Risk Management (EHS)

• Own andmaintainthe enterprise EHS risk register

• Identify assess and prioritize key EHS risks across manufacturing commercial and distribution environments

• Integrate EHS risks into broader enterprise risk management frameworksand communicate with global leadership asrequired

• Drive proactive risk mitigation strategies and tracking

AssuranceReporting

• Partner withGlobal leadership team and COE to develop and deliver clearcomplianceand assurance data to understand common themes at Stryker sites

• Provideindependent insights on trends risks and systemic issues

• Elevate transparency and enable informed decision-making at the highest levels

Corrective & Preventive Action Effectiveness

• Establish processes tomonitorand verify the effectiveness of corrective and preventive actions (CAPAs)

• Ensure issues are not only resolved but prevented from recurring

• Drive accountability across sites and leadership teams

Governance Training& Continuous Improvement

• Promote a culture oftransparency andcontinuous improvement

• Develop an auditors training course and train key leaders on proper self-auditprocesses and create a certified group of internal auditorsthat clearly understand Stryker EHS standards

• Benchmark against industry best practices and emerging regulatory expectations

Leadership

• Build and scale a high-performing global assurance and risk team developing individuals in leadership and technical capability.

• Influence without authority across regions and functions

• Partner closely withEHS Operations/Commercial EHS COE and leadership/cross-functional teams across the organizationto drive an effective assurance program

Education & special trainings:

Bachelors degree in environmental science Occupational Health & Safety Engineering or related field

Qualifications & experience:

Required

• 10 years of work experiencerequired

Preferred

• 7 years of progressive EHS leadership experience in a global regulated industry (medical device pharma or similar) with multi-siteand/or regional accountability

• 4 years of people management experience highly preferred

• Deepexpertisein EHS auditing compliance and risk management systems

• Strong executive presence with experience presenting to senior leadership and/or Board-level audiences

• Experience integrating EHS into enterprise risk management (ERM) frameworks

• Experience in a global regulated industry (medical device pharma or similar)

• Deepexpertiseacross multiple EHS disciplines (industrial hygiene process safety environmental compliance radiation safety)

• Demonstrated experience leading global standards systems and technical programs

• Proven ability to leada certified and trained internal auditing team

• Strong knowledge of global EHS regulations and management systems

• Experience building or transforming global EHS management systems and capability models

• Executive presence with ability to communicate complex technical topics clearly to senior leadership

• Advanced degree (MBA MS or similar)

• Professional certifications (e.g. CSP CIH ISO 14001/45001 Lead Auditor)is preferred

• Practicalexperience with Lean/Six Sigma business process improvementmethodology belt certification ispreferred.